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| MIDI Spy Demo Documentation |
| by John Eidsvoog |
| Copyright 1991 CodeHead Software |
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Release Date: Friday, December 6, 1991
This is a free demo of MIDI Spy. It may be
distributed freely as long as all included
files remain intact and unaltered. It may
not be sold or included with any commercial
product without written permission from
CodeHead Software.
*-------------------------- Included Files ---------------------------*
The following files are included in the MIDI Spy Demo package:
MSPYDEMO.ACC The Demo accessory/program
MSPYDEMO.TXT This Documentation File
MSPYPRES.TXT The MIDI Spy Press Release
SONGS.TXT Information about the included songs
SECURE.MSQ Secure Your Meat © 1983 Eids-Kid Music
WALTSMBA.MSQ Walt's Samba © 1983 Eids-Kid Music
XMASONGS.MST Christmas Songs © 1978-1991 Eids-Kid Music
*---------------------------- What it is -----------------------------*
MIDI Spy is a MIDI recording tool that allows you to record and play
back MIDI in a multi-tasking environment. It runs as either a program
or an accessory. When installed as an accessory, it works completely in
the background. This means that it is always in record mode (unless you
disable it). As long as you haven't exhausted the memory area assigned
to MIDI Spy, everything you play will be recorded regardless of your
current computer activity. You can be at the desktop, within any
program, or even connected to an on-line service through your terminal
program.
MIDI Spy will load and save standard MIDI sequence files, allowing you to
load its songs into other MIDI sequencers, or load songs into MIDI Spy that
have been recorded on other sequencers and play them in the background from
MIDI Spy while you work on other things, even chained together, creating a
juke box effect.
*------------------- Installing the MIDI Spy Demo --------------------*
The MIDI Spy demo runs as a program or a desk accessory. You can run it
as a program by renaming it to MSPYDEMO.PRG. But if you want to try out
MIDI Spy's background capabilities, you'll need to install it as an
accessory. If you've got CodeHead's MultiDesk, you can load MIDI Spy as
a _resident_ accessory. Otherwise, copy MSPYDEMO.ACC into the root of
your boot drive and reboot your computer.
*--------------------- Using the MIDI Spy Demo -----------------------*
Using the MIDI Spy Demo is extremely easy. Let's start by recording
something. After installing the MIDI Spy Demo as an accessory, select
it from the accessory menu. The Main MIDI Spy Dialog box will appear on
the screen.
If you've connected your MIDI cords correctly, you can just start
playing and everything you play will be recorded. If you wait for five
seconds and start playing again, a new song will be started. To listen
to what you've played, just click on Play or hit the space bar.
Playback will begin immediately.
Most of the buttons in the main dialog box are self-explanatory. There
are also keypress equivalents for all of the buttons. The following
hot-key combinations are active even when the dialog box is not on the
screen:
Start/Pause/Continue Alternate-Space Bar
Stop Alternate-Numeric Pad Zero
There are other hot key combinations which are documented in the
full-working version of MIDI Spy, but we'll let you know about them once
you buy MIDI Spy.
*----------------------------------------------------------------------*
For a complete list of features of MIDI Spy, read the enclosed press
release file. For more information, contact your local dealer, or:
CodeHead Software
PO Box 74090
Los Angeles, CA 90004
Tel (213) 386-5735
Fax (213) 386-5789
BBS (213) 461-2095